Match:RCB vs KXIP, 50th Match, Indian Premier League, 2016
Date:Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Time:02:30 PM GMT, , 20:00 IST, 8:00 PM Local Time
Venue:M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Stadium:M.Chinnaswamy Stadium
City:Bengaluru
Capacity:40,000
Ends:Pavilion End, BEML End
Hosts to:Karnataka
Royal Challengers Bangalore's leader Virat Kohli will play through pain against Kings XI Punjab with multiple stitches in his split webbing in another must-win IPL encounter in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
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Kohli sustained a split webbing in his left hand while fielding against Kolkata Knight Riders as he went for a diving catch. He left the field briefly to get medical assistance, got his webbing taped and was back in field. He then played another classy knock to keep RCB's play-off qualification hopes alive.
For Punjab, who have now lost Glenn Maxwell due to a side strain, their job will be to make life difficult for the RCB but on a small Chinnaswamy ground, the possibilities are pretty less.
Punjab coach Sanjay Bangar said losing Maxwell in the fag end of the Indian Premier League is a big blow to the team, which has already been eliminated from the tournament.
As the tournament reaches the business end, RCB's much vaunted batting line-up is giving nightmares to the opposition. Kohli has left his competitors far behind in his bid for 'Orange Cap' with 752 runs to his credit in 12 matches so far which includes a whopping three hundreds in a single edition. He has also surpassed Chris Gayle's (733) record of maximum runs in a single IPL season.
Their savage attacking skills apart, Gayle's return to form with a smashing 49, will also be a cause of worry for Murali Vijay's side, especially on a pitch considered to be batting paradise.
The concern for RCB throughout the tournament has been their weak bowling attack, which has time and again fallen apart in crunch situation. It has purely been the batsmen, especially Kohli and De Villiers, who have been able to cover up the chinks in the RCB armoury.
The only impressive bowler in their line-up is Yuzvendra Chahal, the slightly built leg-spinner from haryana, who has taken 12 wickets in 9 matches. Shane Watson with 14 wickets has been the top wicket-taker for the franchise but the Aussie has gone for nearly 8.5 runs (8.49) per over.
Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad:
Varun Aaron, Iqbal Abdulla, Sreenath Aravind, Samuel Badree, Stuart Binny, Yuzvendra Chahal, AB de Villiers, Praveen Dubey, Chris Gayle, Travis Head, Kedar Jadhav, Akshay Karnewar, Sarfaraz Khan, Virat Kohli, Vikramjeet Malik, Mandeep Singh, Adam Milne, Abu Nechim, Parvez Rasool, Harshal Patel, Lokesh Rahul, Kane Richardson, Sachin Baby, Mitchell Starc, Vikas Tokas, Shane Watson, David Wiese, Tabraiz Shamsi, Chris Jordan
Kings XI Punjab Squad:
Kyle Abbott, Anureet Singh, Armaan Jaffer, Farhaan Behardien, Konganda Cariappa, Rishi Dhawan, Gurkeerat Singh, Mitchell Johnson, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, David Miller, Nikhil Naik, Axar Patel, Wriddhiman Saha, Pardeep Sahu, Sandeep Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Marcus Stoinis, Swapnil Singh, Shardul Thakur, Murali Vijay, Manan Vohra, Hashim Amla
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